POETS CORNER: THE YEAR IN PREVIEW
The Year in Preview Next year will be different: suicide bombers will be kinder, senseless shooters more considerate, the banks less greedy. Congress will get to work legislating A
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ROSEMERRY’S “THE MIRACLE ALREADY HAPPENING”
Raise your hands if spending a few hours with a beautiful, intelligent, articulate woman is appealing. You get your chance at Between the Covers Bookstore on Friday, December 30, 5
THREE MUSES AT BETWEEN THE COVERS
It’s all about the ladies this coming week at Between the Covers Bookstore and High Alpine Coffee Bar. Line ‘em up like beautiful literary cocktails and sip, one at a time …
POETS CORNER: TWO MORE FOR CHRISTMAS
Technology has changed the way humans perceive and communicate with the world, but it’s also possible — at the most basic level — it has altered the way we think̷
WORD WOMAN: TWO POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS
Bliss Except When It Is Not We took a ride in a one horse open sleigh today, and I was one horse and the red sled was the open sleigh and the kids laughed and reeled as we trudged
SAN JUAN JON: STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
When Shepherds keeping watch, saw a great sight As a child I was versed in stories of Wise Men whose learning of stars and planets revealed a great child would be born. These ear
POET’S CORNER: KILLING TREES WITH DAD
My father led me into the hills one Sunday in December more than 35 years ago. I carried the saw; he carried the axe. We trudged through the snow, hunting the wild Christmas tree
“MURDER” AT THE LIBRARY
Telluride local Bob Rubadeau is at it again. Well, not Rubadeau exactly. His on-page persona Wit Thorpe, up to his old tricks with a colorful assortment of victims dropping like st
WADE DAVIS ON “INTO THE SILENCE”
In Telluride, Wade Davis is a rock star. The man regularly plays to packed venues filled with his “groupies” – I admit to being in the fold – every time he retu
Telluride's Between the Covers: Cicero to sign "Relative Strangers"
[click “Play”, Susan talks with Frank Cicero about Relative Strangers] It was a slam dunk whenever part-time Telluride local Frank Cicero stood in front of a cou
Telluride Institute News: Compassion Festival… Beyond the Speakers
By Elisabeth Gick What makes the Compassion Festival a festival rather than a conference or symposium? The short answer is that a festival is more fun than a conference. Th
Telluride Institute News: Peter Gold — Connecting Tibetan Buddhism with Navajo Sacred Teaching
By Elisabeth Gick [click “Play” to listen to Elisabeth’s conversation with Peter Gold] Author/anthropologist Peter Gold is coming to the Telluride I
Telluride Gets A Glimpse Into the Mind of Temple Grandin
by J James McTigue Temple Grandin’s accomplishments are well known. Despite being diagnosed with autism at three, she earned a Ph.D. in animal science, holds a professorship at C
KOTOfm presents Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now" at The Palm, 3/6
[click "Play" for Susan's interview with Amy Goodman] (ed. note: In the podcast Susan closes with "See you on Saturday." The event i
Cover to cover: DIY book publishing forums wrap up
Community Publishing 101 wraps up tonight, with a final forum by Bob Rubadeau.
Recipes from Noma, the top ranking restaurant in the world
TIO columnist Lisa Barlow reviews a cookbook from NOMA, a top-ranked Nordic restaurant.
Dr. Cohen launches Town Talks at Telluride's Palm Theatre July 6
[click “Play” for Susan’s conversation with Dr. Cohen] Like the Telluride Musicfest (just over) and the Telluride Playwrights Festival (ongoing this week th
This week at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library
Telluride Bluegrass Festival may be over, but the beat goes on at Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library. Monday, June 21, 6 p.m. Back for an encore performance, Raina
Wilkinson Public Library Express installed in the Mountain Village
On Wednesday May 19, Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library opened a remote vending branch in Mountain Village, giving the community "uptown" access to books and DVDs.
Open house: Telluride’s American Academy of Bookbinding, 5/25
Rumors of the death of the publishing business may or may not be greatly exaggerated, but the art of publishing is alive and well in Telluride, home to the American Academy of Book
Meet Telluride Hiking Guide author Susan Kees
"Telluride Hiking Guide" author Susan Kees talks with TIO about her experiences in the region's high country. The third edition of her book is due out this year, and she also has a
Historian Chef Alice Ross Discusses “A Christmas Dinner”
[Click the play button to hear] Alice Ross, the culinary historian author of the Afterword in A Christmas Dinner, put out by Red Rock Press, has worked 20 years as a dedicated food